لَمَّا [في بعض النسخ: وَلَمَّا] قُتِلَ الۡخَوَارِجُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ! هَلَكَ الۡقَوۡمُ بِأَجۡمَعِهِمۡ، فَقَالَ عَلَيۡهِ السَّلَامُ:
When Amīr al-Muʾminīn was told that the Khārijites had been totally killed, he said:
كَلَّا وَاللهِ! إِنَّهُمۡ نُطَفٌ فِي أَصۡلَابِ الرِّجَالِ، وَقَرَارَاتِ النِّسَاءِ، كُلَّمَا نَجَمَ مِنۡهُمۡ قَرۡنٌ قُطِعَ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ آخِرُهُمۡ لُصُوصاً سَلَّابِينَ.
By Allāh, no, not yet. They still exist in the loins of men and wombs of women. Whenever a chief would appear from among them, he would be cut down, till the last of them would turn into thieves and robbers. [1]
Notes:
[1] This prophesy of Amīr al-Muʾminīn also proved true word by word. Every chief of Khārijites who rose was put to sword. A few of their chiefs who were badly put to death are mentioned here:
1) Nāfiʿ ibn al-Azraq al-Ḥanafī: the largest group of the Khārijites, namely al-Azāriqah is named after him. He was killed by Salamah al-Bāhilī during encounter with the army of Muslim ibn ʿUbays.
2) Najdah ibn ʿĀmir: the an-Najadāt al-ʿĀdhiriyyah sect of Khārijites is named after him. Abū Fudayk al-Khārijī got him killed.
3) ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ibāḍ al-Tamīmī: the sect Ibāḍite (Ibāḍiyyah) is named after him. He was killed during encounter with ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAṭiyyah.
4) Abū Bayhas Hayṣam ibn Jābir al-Ḍubaʿī: the sect of al-Bayhasiyyah is named after him. ʿUthmān ibn Ḥayyān al-Murrī, the governor of Madīnah, got his hands and feet severed and then killed him.
5) ʿUrwah ibn Udayyah at-Tamīmī: Ziyād ibn Abīhi killed him during the reign of Muʿāwiyah.
6) Qaṭarī ibn al-Fujāʾah al-Māzinī at-Tamīmī: when he encountered the army of Sufyān ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbī in Ṭabaristān, then Sawrah ibn al-Ḥurr ad-Dārimī killed him.
7) Shawdhab al-Khārijī al-Yashkurī: he was killed during encounter with Saʿīd ibn ʿAmr al-Ḥarashī.
8) Ḥawtharah ibn Wadāʿ al-Asadī: he was killed at the hands of a man of Banū Ṭayyiʾ.
9) al-Mustawrid ibn ʿUllāfah at-Taymī: was killed by Maʿqil ibn Qays ar-Riyāḥī in the reign of Muʿāwiyah.
10) Shabīb ibn Yazīd ash-Shaybānī: he died by being drowned in river.
11) ʿImrān ibn al-Ḥārith ar-Rāsibī: he was killed in the Battle of Dūlāb.
12, 13) Zaḥḥāf al-Ṭāʾī and Qurayb ibn Murrah al-Azdī: they were killed in an encounter with Banū Ṭāḥiyah.
14) az-Zubayr ibn ʿAlī as-Sulayṭī at-Tamīmī: he was killed in encounter with ʿAttāb ibn Warqāʾ ar-Riyāḥī.
15) ʿAlī ibn Bashīr ibn al-Māḥūz al-Yarbūʿī: al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ath-Thaqafī got him killed.
16) ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bashīr: he was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrah.
17) ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Māḥūz: he was killed in the Battle of Dūlāb.
18) ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Māḥūz: he was killed in an encounter with ʿAttāb ibn Warqāʾ.
19) Abū al-Wāziʿ ar-Rāsibī: a man in the graveyard of Banū Yashkur felled a wall on him and killed him.
20-23) ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā al-Kindī, al-Mukhtār ibn ʿAwf al-Azdī (Abū Ḥamzah ash-Shārī), Abrahah ibn aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ and Balj ibn ʿUqbah al-Asadī: they were killed by ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAṭiyyah as-Saʿdī in the reign of Marwān ibn Muḥammad (the last of Umayyads caliph).
24) ʿAbd Rabbah aṣ-Ṣaghīr: he was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrah.
25) al-Walīd ibn Ṭarīf ash-Shaybānī: he was killed in encounter with Yazīd ibn Mazyad ash-Shaybānī.
26) Abū Bilāl Mirdās ibn Udayyah at-Tamīmī: he was killed in encounter with ʿAbbās ibn Akhḍar al-Māzinī.
[1] This prophesy of Amīr al-Muʾminīn also proved true word by word. Every chief of Khārijites who rose was put to sword. A few of their chiefs who were badly put to death are mentioned here:
1) Nāfiʿ ibn al-Azraq al-Ḥanafī: the largest group of the Khārijites, namely al-Azāriqah is named after him. He was killed by Salamah al-Bāhilī during encounter with the army of Muslim ibn ʿUbays.
2) Najdah ibn ʿĀmir: the an-Najadāt al-ʿĀdhiriyyah sect of Khārijites is named after him. Abū Fudayk al-Khārijī got him killed.
3) ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ibāḍ al-Tamīmī: the sect Ibāḍite (Ibāḍiyyah) is named after him. He was killed during encounter with ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAṭiyyah.
4) Abū Bayhas Hayṣam ibn Jābir al-Ḍubaʿī: the sect of al-Bayhasiyyah is named after him. ʿUthmān ibn Ḥayyān al-Murrī, the governor of Madīnah, got his hands and feet severed and then killed him.
5) ʿUrwah ibn Udayyah at-Tamīmī: Ziyād ibn Abīhi killed him during the reign of Muʿāwiyah.
6) Qaṭarī ibn al-Fujāʾah al-Māzinī at-Tamīmī: when he encountered the army of Sufyān ibn al-Abrad al-Kalbī in Ṭabaristān, then Sawrah ibn al-Ḥurr ad-Dārimī killed him.
7) Shawdhab al-Khārijī al-Yashkurī: he was killed during encounter with Saʿīd ibn ʿAmr al-Ḥarashī.
8) Ḥawtharah ibn Wadāʿ al-Asadī: he was killed at the hands of a man of Banū Ṭayyiʾ.
9) al-Mustawrid ibn ʿUllāfah at-Taymī: was killed by Maʿqil ibn Qays ar-Riyāḥī in the reign of Muʿāwiyah.
10) Shabīb ibn Yazīd ash-Shaybānī: he died by being drowned in river.
11) ʿImrān ibn al-Ḥārith ar-Rāsibī: he was killed in the Battle of Dūlāb.
12, 13) Zaḥḥāf al-Ṭāʾī and Qurayb ibn Murrah al-Azdī: they were killed in an encounter with Banū Ṭāḥiyah.
14) az-Zubayr ibn ʿAlī as-Sulayṭī at-Tamīmī: he was killed in encounter with ʿAttāb ibn Warqāʾ ar-Riyāḥī.
15) ʿAlī ibn Bashīr ibn al-Māḥūz al-Yarbūʿī: al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ath-Thaqafī got him killed.
16) ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Bashīr: he was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrah.
17) ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Māḥūz: he was killed in the Battle of Dūlāb.
18) ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Māḥūz: he was killed in an encounter with ʿAttāb ibn Warqāʾ.
19) Abū al-Wāziʿ ar-Rāsibī: a man in the graveyard of Banū Yashkur felled a wall on him and killed him.
20-23) ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā al-Kindī, al-Mukhtār ibn ʿAwf al-Azdī (Abū Ḥamzah ash-Shārī), Abrahah ibn aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ and Balj ibn ʿUqbah al-Asadī: they were killed by ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAṭiyyah as-Saʿdī in the reign of Marwān ibn Muḥammad (the last of Umayyads caliph).
24) ʿAbd Rabbah aṣ-Ṣaghīr: he was killed in encounter with al-Muhallab ibn Abī Ṣufrah.
25) al-Walīd ibn Ṭarīf ash-Shaybānī: he was killed in encounter with Yazīd ibn Mazyad ash-Shaybānī.
26) Abū Bilāl Mirdās ibn Udayyah at-Tamīmī: he was killed in encounter with ʿAbbās ibn Akhḍar al-Māzinī.
